Bidspirit auction | American Food Advertising Set


American Food Advertising Set - This collection includes several vintage food packaging containers and boxes, primarily dating to the 1940s, representing various dairy, snack, and dry good brands. The grouping features a JuneKist Homogenized Vitamin D Grade A milk carton, constructed of waxed cardboard with a one-half gallon capacity. The carton features red and white graphics with the Quality Chekd logo and is marked as processed by Stueber Dairy Company of Wausau, Wisconsin. Also included is a cardboard Chunk-E-Nut Brand Popcorn box featuring red and cream graphics of children eating popcorn before a circus tent, produced by the Chunk-E-Nut Products Co. of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. A notable historical item is the 2-pound Kraft Brick Pasteurized Process Cheese cardboard box, which bears the inscription THIS NEW CARTON SAVES ESSENTIAL MATERIAL FOR THE WAR EFFORT, identifying it as a World War II era production from the Kraft Cheese Company of Chicago, Illinois. The lot further contains a 1-pound Rawleigh Farms Pure Pork Sausage cardboard box featuring brand typography and side panels printed with recipes for sausage dumplings and fricandelles. A one-pound McKesson & Robbins Milk Sugar metal tin is present, featuring a paper label with a detailed chart for preparing infant food, manufactured by McKesson & Robbins Incorporated of New York. Rounding out the collection is a cylindrical 12 oz. Valley Maid Brand Cream Cottage Cheese cardboard container with green and red graphics on a cream ground. All containers are empty.